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Bonsai Techniques
by John Yoshio Naka
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/no dustjacket as issued
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Dennis Landman, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no dustjacket as issued. First printing thus. Hardbound book housed in a carboard slipcase. Inscribed by Naka on front pastedown to a former president of the Bonsai Society of Portland and dated May, 1974. Also inscribed at a later date, in a different hand, on same page. Slightly cocked binding shows very light soiling and wear to cloth, spine sunned, with light bumping to bottom corners. Text and images unmarked. The slipcase is in fair condition with large edge splits and general soiling/wear. 4to. 258pp.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPnakBT
- Title
- Bonsai Techniques
- Author
- John Yoshio Naka
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- no dustjacket as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dennis Landman
- Date Published
- 1973
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Cloth
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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